VS Code Python Formatting: Change max line-length with autopep8 / yapf / black

Question

I am experimenting with different python formatters and would like to increase the max line length. Ideally without editing the settings.json file. Is there a way to achieve that?

Answer 1

For all three formatters, the max line length can be increased with additional arguments passed in from settings, i.e.:

• autopep8 args: --max-line-length=120
• black args: --line-length=120
• yapf args: --style={based_on_style: google, column_limit: 120, indent_width: 4}

Hope that helps someone in the future!

Answer 2

@tkazik answered his own question correctly, however, I thought it would be helpful to include some references:

VSCode documentation on using Python formatters:
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/editing#_formatting

autopep8 command line options:
https://pypi.org/project/autopep8/#usage

• Note that there is also an option to point the formatter to a global config file
• Additionally, if you have a local or global config file in the expected location, these preferences will be used automatically by the formatter in VSCode (https://pypi.org/project/autopep8/#configuration)

black command line options:
https://black.readthedocs.io/en/stable/usage_and_configuration/the_basics.html#command-line-options

yapf command line options:
https://github.com/google/yapf#usage